Saturday, October 1, 2011

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Get ready to pay the Durbin Fee
Editorial: Get ready to pay the Durbin Fee

Sen. Dick Durbin must be forgetting that once you've dug yourself into a deep hole, you'd best stop shoveling.

Lasting consequences Editorial: Lasting consequences

The current economic malaise will be remembered as one of the most widespread in our nation's modern history. The recession and sluggish recovery have left nowhere to hide. They've wreaked havoc on the Sun Belt as well as the Rust Belt. White collar workers and blue collar workers have suffered alike. Even some of the best-protected people in society have felt the squeeze.
What others are saying

From clan to clan, culture to culture, there's one tall tale nearly all parents tell, and they tell it repeatedly: "We do not have a favorite child." … The favored kids recognize their status and keep quiet about it — the better to preserve the good thing they've got going and to keep their siblings off their back. The unfavored kids howl about it like wounded cats. And on pain of death, the parents deny it. …
Today's columnists

Vote for Cain? He may be the GOP's best bet Vote for Cain? He may be the GOP's best bet

I have decided to endorse Herman Cain to be the Republican Party's candidate for president. No, I am not crazy.
Keeping a Chicago casino honest Keeping a Chicago casino honest

Currently only certain city agencies are overseen by the inspector general. IG oversight should be expanded to include all agencies that have no independent watchdog, including the Chicago Park District and the Public Building Commission. The IG's authority should also extend to the City Council, but Rahm believes that decision must be left squarely in the hands of the City Council.

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